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Writer 1901 - 1980

Philip MacDonald

London, England, UK

Filmography

Every title this person wrote

19 titles
The List of Adrian Messenger

The List of Adrian Messenger

John Huston 1963 1h 39m 6.3

Adrian Messenger, a famous writer, asks his friend Anthony Gethryn, a former British agent, to help him investigate the whereabouts of the people who appear on a list, without asking him the reason why he should do so.

Tobor the Great

Tobor the Great

Lee Sholem 1954 1h 17m 4.5

To avoid the life-threatening dangers of manned space exploration, Professor Nordstrom creates highly advanced form of artificial intelligence capable of piloting a starship to other worlds.

Circle of Danger

Circle of Danger

Jacques Tourneur 1951 1h 26m 5.0

An American travels to Europe to find out the details about his brother's death. As he digs deeper the incident become more mysterious.

The Man Who Cheated Himself

The Man Who Cheated Himself

Felix E. Feist 1950 1h 21m 7.0

A veteran homicide detective who has witnessed his socialite girlfriend kill her husband sees his inexperienced brother assigned to the case.

The Dark Past

The Dark Past

Rudolph Maté 1948 1h 14m 6.5

A gang hold a family hostage in their own home. The leader of the escaped cons is bothered by a recurring dream that the doctor of the house may be able to analyze.

Love from a Stranger

Love from a Stranger

Richard Whorf 1947 1h 21m

Cecily Harrington, struggling along on a small allowance, wins a fortune in a lottery. She decides to travel rather than marrying her fiance Nigel Lawrence. A stranger, Manuel Cortez, comes to rent her flat and she falls in love with him, and they are married.

The Body Snatcher

The Body Snatcher

Robert Wise 1945 1h 18m 6.6

Edinburgh, 1831. Among those who undertake the illegal trade of grave robbery is Gray, ostensibly a cab driver. Formerly a medical student convicted of grave robbery, Gray holds a grudge against Dr. MacFarlane who had escaped detection and punishment.

Dangerous Intruder

Dangerous Intruder

Vernon Keays 1945 1h 5m

A female hitchiker is taken in by a family after a horrible car accident. While she recovers, she begins to unravel a murder mystery involving the woman of the house.

Strangers in the Night

Strangers in the Night

Anthony Mann 1944 56m 6.0

In this Gothic tale, a returning WW2 vet goes looking for a small-town girl whom he knows only from letters. Its the pretext for an off-beat treatment of sexual frustration morphing into a dangerous delusion, and eventually murder.

Sahara

Sahara

Zoltan Korda 1943 1h 37m 7.0

In Libya, an American tank commander, along with a handful of Allied soldiers, tries to defend an isolated well with a limited supply of water from a German Afrika Korps battalion during the Western Desert Campaign of World War II.

Mr. Moto's Last Warning

Mr. Moto's Last Warning

Norman Foster 1939 1h 11m

A Japanese man claiming to be Mr. Moto, of the International Police, is abducted and murdered soon after disembarking from a ship at Port Said in Egypt. The real Mr. Moto is already in Port Said, investigating a conspiracy against the British and French governments.

Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation

Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation

Norman Foster 1939 1h 5m 7.0

Mr. Moto is in Egypt to thwart a criminal mastermind determined to steal the priceless crown of the Queen of Sheba. When the precious treasure is transported to America, Mr. Moto must race against time to unmask the cunning thief who will stop at nothing—not even murder—to get what he wants.

Blind Alley

Blind Alley

Charles Vidor 1939 1h 9m

A gangster takes a doctor and his family hostage.

Mysterious Mr. Moto

Mysterious Mr. Moto

Norman Foster 1938 1h 2m 8.0

The Japanese detective (Peter Lorre) rounds up a league of assassins for Scotland Yard.

The Princess Comes Across

The Princess Comes Across

William K. Howard 1936 1h 16m

A woman pretends to be royalty in order to get aboard a cruise ship.

The Last Outpost

The Last Outpost

Charles Barton, Louis J. Gasnier 1935 1h 16m

A love triangle set on the Eastern Front in World War I. The acting is strained, with no hint of the later brilliance of Cary Grant and Claude Rains in Hitchcock's "Notorious".

Charlie Chan in Paris

Charlie Chan in Paris

Hamilton MacFadden, Lewis Seiler 1935 1h 12m 6.0

Charlie's visit to Paris, ostensibly a vacation, is really a mission to investigate a bond-forgery racket. But his agent, apache dancer Nardi is killed before she can tell him much. The case, complicated by a false murder accusation for banker's daughter Yvette, climaxes with a strange journey through the Paris sewers.

The Lost Patrol

The Lost Patrol

John Ford 1934 1h 13m 7.0

A dozen British soldiers, lost in a Mesopotamian desert during World War I, are menaced by unseen Arab enemies.

Charlie Chan in London

Charlie Chan in London

Eugene Forde 1934 1h 19m 6.5

Charlie visits a wealthy country home in England. Suspects in the murder range from a housekeeper to a stableman to a lawyer.

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